How do you get your LO to sleep?

I’m just curious how other people get their LO’s to sleep? The majority of the time mine will only drop off after I’ve fed him, the rest of the time he fights of sleep and then gets cranky until it’s time to feed him again!

She sleeps after a feed and sometimes will sleep until she’s ready for her next one sometimes she’ll just stay awake
If it’s during the day I leave her awake and will have cuddles/chat to her /playtime etc
On a night we use Ewan the dream sheep and a dummy

Sometimes I’ll cuddle her to sleep sometimes she’s happy to go off herself in her crib

Sometimes only boob will settle her if she’s overtired/overstimulated.

When happy and full she will nod off when held over my shoulder, on hubby’s chest sometimes, or in bed at night she shuffles up to me after she’s had a feed and just goes to sleep. She’s nodded off in her basket a few times recently, which is miraculous lol (not for long tho!)

My little boy will normally fall asleep if he’s being held other than when he’s having his inquisitive moment and he just looks around and stares at me and my OH (other half) lol. I’ve got a myhummy which is absolutely amazing, he loves the heavy rain noise it calms him down so much. He could be crying when I first put him in his Moses basket but after a few mins he’s asleep, it works wonders imo xx

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First yellow baby due 6th December 2017 👶💙💗 - Baby Alfie born 12th December 2017 💙😍

My little one self soothes in his crib most of the time after a feed, we have a seahorse music thing that my sil bought us after swearing by it with her kids and it’s worked for us too there are nights tho where only mummy cuddles will settle him, which I have to admit I don’t mind, it feels lovely that he needs me sometimes xx

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